Casey Cheshire

A few minutes ago, while logging into Google Adwords, a friend & coworker Emilie (@EmilieKBaker), did a double-take then asked me a question:

“How do you spell customer?”

“C. o. z. t-” started my joking response.

“No seriously. Take a look at this!”

It’s then that she showed me the splash image for a video on the Google AdWords homepage (seen below).

How long does it take you to see their goof?  Hint: It’s not the tiny text!

“Attact more costumers” Really Google?

Now I’ll give them a free pass on costumers, as that is a real word and wouldn’t be underlined by SpellCheck.  I wonder how many levels of engineers it passed through before being approved?

However, I can’t give them an excuse for “attact.”  Even as I write this quick blog article, the word attact is being underlined every single time thanks to WordPress.  (And it’s getting just a little annoying, haha.)

To see the blunder yourself, visit www.adwords.com.  After you get redirected around the planet, you’ll see a video on the left hand side with the goof.  If you’re an adwords regular, however, you’ll need to login with a browser you don’t normally use to view the site as you’ll be cookied and shown a different page with a static image instead of a video.

This is a fun reminder that the bigger you are, the more important your use of SpellCheck becomes… Cheers!